“There’s nothing to stop me working,” says Raymond Irving, a forklift truck driver at a recycling plant. At 69, he is the oldest person at his firm, but he has no plans to stop despite already drawing his pension. Mr Irving is part of a growing trend, a sharp rise in the numbers of older […]
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The union representing about 2,500 Southwest Airlines mechanics voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to ratify a new contract proposal, ending a labor impasse that lasted nearly seven years and wound up in court twice. The five-year deal gives the mechanics $160 million in back pay to cover the period since the last contract ended in August
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Asked if artificial intelligence would put radiologists out of business, Dr. Topol said, “Gosh, no!” The idea is to help doctors, not replace them. “It will make their lives easier,” he said. “Across the board, there’s a 30 percent rate of false negatives, things missed. It shouldn’t be hard to bring that number down.” There
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The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 11:10 a.m. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has pulled out of the French Open ahead of her first-round match because of an injured left forearm. The No. 6-seeded Kvitova tweeted Monday that she has been dealing with pain for a few weeks. An MRI on Sunday
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WASHINGTON — A couple of weeks ago, the New York Police Department held an unusual public hearing. Its purpose was to make a Supreme Court case disappear. In January, the court agreed to hear a Second Amendment challenge to a New York City gun regulation. The city, fearing a loss that would endanger gun control
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TOKYO — Japan reported a surprising economic upswing in the first three months of the year, but the sunny figures belied continuing weaknesses that threaten the country’s prospects. Japan’s economy, the third largest in the world behind the United States and China, grew at an annualized rate of 2.1 percent in the first quarter of
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California lawmakers moved ahead Wednesday with tougher rules that limit parents from choosing whether to vaccinate their schoolchildren as a handful of opponents shouted “We will not comply” inside the Senate. Senators sent the measure to the Assembly as the nation struggles to stem the highest number of measles cases in decades and as state
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Image copyright Luke Fontana In Britain, Dustin Lance Black is known as the man who two years ago married Olympic diver Tom Daley. But Black was already an Oscar-winning screenwriter. Before that he survived a difficult upbringing, growing up gay and Mormon in Texas in a military family. Now he’s recounted the early years in
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Image copyright Reuters Fiat Chrysler has made a “transformative” merger proposal for French carmaker Renault, the Italian firm said on Monday. The combined business would be 50% owned by Fiat shareholders and 50% by Renault stockholders. The carmaker said the merger would create a global automotive leader, with 8.7 million vehicle sales. Carmakers have faced
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“It was startlingly white,” she said. “There was diversity in the people I hung out with, the food I eat, my work, but not in this park.” She immediately started Brown People Camping to show Muslims hiking, climbing and camping. She also works with hiking experts to arrange group outings. Are efforts like these working?
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